File for holding loose papers



No. 623,467. Paten'ted Apr. I8, |899.

. DEL.

FILE Foo H o Loose PAPERS.

(Application illed'Oct. 2B, 1898.)

No Model.)

UNITE GEORGE EDEL, OE NEV ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

FILE FOR HOLDING LOOSE PAPERS.`

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 623,467, dated April 18, 1899. Application filed October 26, 1898. Serial Ilo. 694,613. (No model.)

To all, whom t may ooncevt:

Be it known that I, GEORGE EDEL, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful' Improvements in Desk-Stickers or Files for Holding Loose Papers; and I do hereby declare I[he following to be a full, clear, and eX- act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in desk-stickers or tiles upon which loose papers are impaled for retaining them forfuture reference; and it consists in the novel construction of such an article whereby the papers are readily placed thereon, securely held against accidental displacement, and readily removed when desired.

My invention will be -understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein the same parts are indicated by the same letters of reference throughout the several views.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my invention, the weighted follower being indicated in dotted lines in its raised position.- Eig. 2 represents an elevation of the device as seen from the left in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 represents a vertical section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2 and looking to the left, but show-v ing the guide-stem as turned upward, carrying the weighted follower'.

A represents the base, which rests upon the surface of the desk or table, and A' represents an upright standard rigidly mounted upon the base and having an overhanging arm A/2 at its upper end.

B represents a pointed upright rod or pin, upon which papers are to be impaled, rigidly secured at its bottom end to the baseA by having a threaded portion Z9 screwed on a threaded socket a in kthe said base. The point b of the said upright rod or pin is directly beneath the pivotal point c of a guidestem O, pivoted in the end of the overhanging arm A2 of the upright A'. The said guide-stem O is so pivoted to the arm A2 as to beturned from its normal dependent position (shown in Figs. 1 and 2) upwardly to the vertical position shown in Fig. 3, and vice versa, as occasion requires. The said pivoted guide-stem C is locked in either its upward or its dependent position by means of an arm D, provided with an opening d0 at one end, which loosely surrounds the base of said guide-stem and may -be turned thereon as an axis, the said locking-arm D being engaged by a sliding link or clasp CZ, which surrounds the overhan gin g arm A2 and may be moved over upon the said locking-arm D, as

seen most clearlyin Figs. l and 3 ofthe drawings.

E represents a weighted follower having a central opening e0, which allows the said follower to pass over the impaling-pin B and the guide-stem O, as shown. This weighted follower is preferably a solid piece of heavy metal having the necessary central opening therethrough.

In use the guide-stem O is set and locked in its depending position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. When it is desired to impale a sheet of paper upon the sticker B, the edge of the sheet is inserted between the lower end of the guide-stem and the point of the said sticker, the weighted follower E having been previously raised over the point of the sticker upon the guide-stem C, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, in which position it is held by one hand of the person, while with the other hand the edge of the sheet is inserted and pressed down upon the point of the sticker. If the Weighted follower be now released, it will fall over the sticker and push the sheet of paper down upon the base, as seen at S in Figs. 1 and 2. When it is desired to remove one or more sheets, the weighted follower is raised, as before, past the point of the sticker, when the sheets may be removed at will. Vhen it is desired to impale a number of sheets upon the sticker in succession, the weighted follower is first raised up over the guide-stem O, and the said guide-stem is then released and turned upward to the position shown in Fig. 3 and locked. The weighted follower will be held upon the guide-stein in this position out of the way until all the sheets have been impaled upon the sticker, when the said guide-stem may be turned back to its depending position and the weighted follower allowed to fall upon the batch of sheets. The weight of this follower E will serve to retain the mass of papers against accidental displacement should a draft of air disturb the papers.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. In a device of the character described, the combination with an upright impalingpin; of an arm extending above the point of said iinpaliug-pin at some distance therefrom; a guide-stem pivoted to said arm, means for locking said guide-stein ina depending position in line with said impaling-pin, and a weighted follower mounted loosely upon said impaling-pin, and movable over said guidesrein, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with an upright impalingpin, and an arm extending over the'point of said im paling-pin at some distance therefrom; of a guide-stein pivoted upon said arm having its pivotal point in a vertical line above the point of said impaling-pin and capable of being turned in a vertical plane through a halt of a circle, a locking-arm mounted upon said guide-stein and capable of being turned thereon as an axis, means for locking said arm, a weighted follower mounted upon said impaling-pin and capable of being moved over said guide-stem, substantially as described. v 3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a base, an upright mounted thereon having an overhanging arm, an upright impaling-pin mounted upon. said base, a guide-stein pivoted upon said overhanging arm and having its pivotal point in a vertical line above the point of said impaling-pin, means for locking said guide-stein, and a weighted follower adapted to inelose said impaling-pinand to be moved thereon and over said guidestem, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE EDEL.

Witnesses:

JOHN J. SAUCIER, E. W. BURBANK. 

